Security companies need to shift from a culture of blaming users and obsessing about complexity to one that encourages diversity and focuses on helping solve business problems, said Facebook CSO Alex Stamos in a keynote at Black Hat 2017 in Las Vegas on Wednesday.

The acquisition of Enforcive, coming after Vision Solutions sold Double-Take to Carbonite, cements Vision's focus on the IBM iSeries and AIX platforms, but also gives its channel partners an entry to the x86 security business.

Black Hat is one of the biggest stages for security researchers to demonstrate the latest and greatest hacks on devices, systems and critical infrastructure. In honor of the 20th anniversary of the conference, take a look at some of our favorites.

At a security roundtable conversation, partner executives said they're seeing a significant opportunity around identity and access management security, but said they are already prepping for the next frontier of growth around DevOps.

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The security industry saw more threats and funding opportunities in 2017, with massive data breaches and ransomware attacks crippling major institutions, and vendors tapping into the deep pockets of private equity and IPOs.